Scoreboard



P. CUSANO SCOREBOARD June 20, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 19, 1946END 2'PLYEFHGAME INVENTOR PAUL. CUSANO BY C 3:; W11

ATTORNEY P. CUSANO SCOREBOARD June 20, 1950 '2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb.19, 1946 ATTORNEY Patented June 20, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICESCOREBOARD Paul Cusano, Union City, N. J.

Application February 19, 1946, Serial No. 648,757

Claims. 1

This invention relates to score boards.

The invention has for its salient object to provide a score board soconstructed and arranged that the score in a game can be easilyindicated and will be clearly visible.

Another object of the invention is to provide a board of the characterdescribed that is simple and practical in construction and can beeconomically manufactured.

Further objects of the invention will appear from the followinspecification taken in connection with the drawings'whi ch form a partof this application, and in which Fig, 1 is a front elevation of a scoreboard constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly broken away and partly in section, ofthe score board shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation, on an enlarged scale, takensubstantially on line 3--3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of thearrows;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional elevation, on an enlarged scale, takensubstantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of thearrows;

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional elevation, on an enlarged scale andpartly broken away, taken substantially on line 5-5 of Fig. 1, lookingin the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional elevation, on an enlarged scale andpartly broken away, taken substantially on line 5-6 of Fig. 1, lookin inthe direction of the arrows.

In the particular embodiment of the invention illustrated in thedrawings, the score board com gprises a back plate or support H] towhich is secured a casing comprising side walls H and H which aresecured to the back plate, and a front plate l3, preferably formed ofglass and opaque, the front plate being held in position by suitablesecuring means, such as screws M.

A frame is secured over the front face of the plate l3 and comprisesmarginal portions 2! and 22 which extend over the lateral edges of theplate and also portions 24 and 25 which extend over the top and bottomedges of the plate l3.

The plate [3 is opaque forthe major portion of its area and may have anopaque coating on the back thereof. The central longitudinal portion ofthe plate has a plurality of numbers or figures, 1 to 21 inclusive, cutout in the opaque surface so as to permit light to pass therethrough,thereby illuminating these numbers or figures.

The frame 20 has a longitudinal opening I bounded by inturned flanges3!, this opening being disposed in front of the central scoring portionhaving the figures or numbers thereon.

The frame 28 has formed therein on each side of the central opening 30,a plurality of transverse openings 33, one of the openings 33 beingformed opposite each number or figure of the central scoring portion ofthe board. The openings 33 are formed by cutting holes in the frame 20and bending the marginal portions of the holes inwardly, as shown at 34.In each of the openings 33 there is slidably mounted a block 35 havingflanges 36 and 31 which are disposed between the front surface of theglass plate 13 and the flanges 34. Each block 35 is substantially halfas long as the length of the opening 33. At the inner end of eachopening 33, or at the end disposed nearest the central scoring portion,the opaque surface of the glass is cut away to form a transparent arrowor pointer 38, pointing toward the central scoring section or verticalrow of figures l to 21 inclusive.

There is formed on the glass above the left hand section of the frame20, a. letter A, this letter being cut out in the opaque surface toadmit light therethrough. The frame 28 has an opening 43 to expose theletter A. A letter C is correspondingly formed above the right handsection of the scoring board and is visible through an opening 4|.

In order to illuminate the central scoring section and the numbers orfigures formed therein, a light tube, such as a. neon tube is mounted inback of the plate l3 and is enclosed within a casing 46 which is formedwithin a casing 43, which in turn is mounted on the support l0 and isdisposed between this support and the plate I3. The light tube may be ofany desired color, such, for instance, as white.

The section at the left of the central row of figures, viewing Fig. 1,is illuminated by a light tube 48, such as a red tube, enclosed Withinthe casing 41, and a tube 49 which may be blue or any other desiredcolor is disposed in back of the section of the scoring board at theright of the central section, viewing Fig. 1. The tubes 45, 48 and 49may be supplied with current from a transformer T which is fed through awire 50 from a suitable power line.

The tube 48 will illuminate the arrows or pointare 38 disposed at theleft of the central row of figures when the blocks 35 are moved to theleft hand end of the openings 33. The arrows or pointers at the right ofthe central scoring section will also be exposed when the blocks 35 aremoved to the right hand end of the openings 33.

The score is kept in the following manner. Assume that A makes 3 on hisfirst play. The block 35 in the vertical column A opposite the number 3will be moved to the left, thereby illuminating the arrow or pointer andthe light from the red tube 48 will cause a red arrow to point to thenumber 3, thus indicating that A, who has the red color, has made threepoints. Next assume that C on his first play makes two points. He willthen move his block 35 opposite the point 2 to the right hand end of theopening 33, thus exposing the arrow and causing the blue light to shinethrough the arrow, indica ing that C has made two points. If, on thesecond play, A makes four more points, he will move his block oppositethe number '7 to the left, indicating that the total number of hispoints is 7.

On the particular score board illustrated in Fig. 1, if two players onlyare playing the game the g me is ended when the first player totalsfifteen points. However, if four players are playing the game, or twopairs of partners, the partners on one side will total their scores inthe column A and the partners on the opposite side on the column C andthe game will end when one side or the other has made twenty-one points.

The game board is supported on the Wall by means of laterally extendingtabs 5! through which screws or other suitable securing means arepassed.

Although one specific embodiment of the invention has been particularlyshown and described it will be understood that the invention is capableof modification and that changes in the arrangement and in theconstruction of the various cooperating parts may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention, as expressed in thefollowing claims.

What I claim is:

1. A score board for indicating scores of a pair of players, said boardhaving a central, vertically arranged scoring section, said sectionhaving scoring indicia thereon, said score board having disposed on eachside of said scoring section, opposite each indicia, selective means forindicating on the indicia of the central section the scores of therespective players, said means consisting of an opaque member havinglight transmitting portions pointing to the indicia, movable membersarranged to expose or obstruct said portions in different positionsthereof, and means for illuminating said portions.

2. A score board for indicating scores of a pair of players, said boardcomprising an opaque plate, said plate having thereon a verticallyarranged central scoring section consisting of a series of indiciaformed on the plate and adapted. to transmit light therethrough, asourceof light behind said plate, said plate also having on each side ofsaid central section, opposite each indicia, selective means forindicating the score of the respective players thereon, said meansconsisting of light transmitting portions on the plate opposite theindicia, movable members arranged to expose or obstruct said portions indifferent positions thereof, and means for illuminating said portions.

3. A score board for indicating scores of a pair of players, said boardcomprising a back plate, an opaque plate carried thereby and spacedtherefrom, a casing mounted over said opaque plate, a centrallongitudinally extending opening in said casing, a vertical series ofindicia on the opaque plate exposed by said opening, said indicia beingarranged to transmit light through said opaque plate, said casing havinga vertical series of parallel openingsat each side of said longitudinally extending opening, said parallel openings being disposed oppositeto and alined with said indicia, each indicia having an opening at eachside thereof, said opaque plate having a light transmitting portion inback of each parallel opening, movable selective means in each parallelopening adapted to obscure the light transmitting portion or to exposesaid portion, means for illuminating indicia, and means in the casingfor illuminating said openings.

4. A score board for indicating scores of a pair of players, said boardhaving a central, vertically arranged scoring section, said sectionhaving scoring indicia thereon, said score board having disposed on eachside of said scoring section, opposite each indicia, selective means forindicating on the indicia of the central section the scores of therespective players, said indicating means consisting of means onopposite sides of said central scoring section for indicating the scoresthereon, and a movable member mounted on the score board and associatedwith each of said indicating means, adapted When in one position ofmovement to conceal said indicating means and F movable relative theretoand when in another position of movement to expose said means andindicate a score.

5. A score board for indicating scores of a pair of players, said boardhaving a central, vertically arranged scoring section, said sectionhaving scoring indicia thereon, said score board having disposed on eachside of said scoring section, opposite each indicia, selective means forindicating on the indicia of the central section the scores of therespective players, said indicating means consisting of means onopposite sides of said central scoring section for indicating the scoresthereon, and a movable member mounted on the score board, associatedwith each of said indicating means and movable relative thereto andmovable toward and away from the score board, said movable members andindicating means being so relatively constructed and arranged that whenthe movable members are disposed in one posi tion of movement theindicating means will indicate the scores on the score board.

PAUL CUSANO.

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